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Malaria left untreated has major implications for mother and child. But because of a lack of diagnostic tools, malaria in pregnant women is often not recognized in time. This is the outcome of PhD research by Eline Kattenberg at the department Biomedical Research of the Royal Tropical Institute (KIT).

From May 4 until the end of July, the colourful paintings of artist Frank Creton are on display in the KIT Library.

A delegation from the Federal Ministry of Health of Sudan visited the Royal Tropical Institute (KIT) from 1-2 May. Mr Nazar Elfaki, the Director of Policy and Planning for Human Resource Development at the Federal Ministry of Health of Soedan, was a visiting Erasmus Mundus scholar at KIT in February 2012. This week, he visited KIT with his colleague Dr Elmuez Eltayeb Ahmed, Director General of Human Resources for Health Development of the same ministry.

On April 16, dance4Life ambassador Doutzen Kroes will hand over a research report on the impact of sex education on youngsters to Ben Knapen, Minister for European Affairs and International Cooperation. The event will take place at 15:00 in the Nieuwspoort press centre.